Carla Weston graduated with honors in English and fine arts, and finished her graduate studies with an M. A. in comparative literature. She studied languages in France, Switzerland, and Germany and traveled widely. She also lived on two different kibbutzim in Israel where she studied Hebrew, taught high school English during the Yom Kippur War, and survived a terrorist attack shortly after the war. She has ridden horses throughout Europe, Egypt, and Israel, while making a lifelong study of cultures and languages. Currently she lives in Oklahoma with her husband, two dogs, and two quarter horse...